Effects of Computer-Assisted Instruction on Secondary School Students' Academic Achivement in the Learning of Government as a Subject

ODE, Dickson (Ph.D)
2018 International journal of education  
This study investigated the effects computer-assisted instruction in collaboration with conventional instruction method would have on secondary school students' academic achievement in government as a subject. One null hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The instrument for data collection was a-25 item teacher made Government Achievement Test which was validated and reliability index of 0.86 established. The post-test only experimental design was adopted. A
more » ... ive sample of 100 senior secondary students which was divided into two groups-the experimental group and control group with each group consisting of 50 students was investigated. Each of the two groups was taught government for eight weeks using CAI programmed packages for the experimental group and conventional instruction method for the control group. At the end of the eighth week, post-test was administered on the students to determine difference in academic achievement if any, between the two groups. Using means and t-test in analyzing the data, the result showed that, students taught government using computer-assisted instruction significantly performed better than students taught government using conventional instruction method. The study recommended among others that, government should not hesitate to fully introduce and implement computer-assisted instruction in Nigerian secondary schools to enhance quality learning and teaching of government as a subject and all other subjects.
doi:10.5121/ije.2018.6204 fatcat:3ebrgy6qwnadbd3emfjsbbw4ba